Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Fond du Lac has more violent crime per resident than four in five U.S. towns
Annual rates stand at 3.7 violent crimes and 18.3 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 3.6 and 14.9 in the rest of Wisconsin. Per resident, the graded crimes were up 16% from 2023 to 2025. Measured on crimes Fond du Lac’s police reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of C−: #162 of 175 graded towns in Wisconsin.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of WI” is every other Wisconsin city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Fond du Lac
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 5 Wisconsin towns on Fond du Lac’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: North Fond du Lac (B). Fond du Lac (township), Taycheedah, Empire and Friendship have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Wisconsin towns, lower
Wisconsin’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Fond du Lac’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 7% of the 175 Wisconsin towns we grade, against 23% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Fond du Lac has 30,124 jobs based in town for 44,541 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Fond du Lac’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Fond du Lac property | Rest of Wisconsin property | Fond du Lac violent | Rest of Wisconsin violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16.4 | 18.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 15.7 | 16.0 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 21.0 | 15.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | 18.1 | 13.5 | 4.0 | 3.2 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Wisconsin.
Crime in Fond du Lac per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Fond du Lac | Rest of Wisconsin | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Fond du Lac’s police reported 497 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.6 in the rest of Wisconsin and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
982 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
179 violent and 803 property, as reported to the FBI by Fond du Lac’s police.
Six people died in crashes on Fond du Lac’s roads in 2019–2023
Fond du Lac had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died.
That is about what is typical for Wisconsin towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (3.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Fond du Lac’s size would see about 8 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Fond du Lac’s own rate (2.7) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Fond du Lac and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fond du Lac | C− | 3.7 | 18.3 |
| Fond du Lac (township) | — | — | — |
| Taycheedah | — | — | — |
| Empire | — | — | — |
| Friendship | — | — | — |
| North Fond du Lac | B | 2.7 | 5.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Fond du Lac (township), Taycheedah, Empire and Friendship have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Wisconsin towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fond du Lac | C− | 3.7 | 18.3 |
| Menomonee Falls | A− | 0.8 | 5.8 |
| Brookfield | B+ | 0.7 | 10.2 |
| Wausau | C+ | 3.2 | 9.6 |
| Sheboygan | C | 3.8 | 12.4 |
| Wauwatosa | C | 1.8 | 23.8 |
The five graded Wisconsin towns closest to Fond du Lac’s population (44,541), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Fond du Lac. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Fond du Lac’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (44,418 in 2025); our figure for Fond du Lac is 44,541 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Fond du Lac
Is Fond du Lac, WI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Fond du Lac reports more crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #162 of 175 in Wisconsin. Its police reported 3.7 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.6 in the rest of Wisconsin and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Fond du Lac?
3.7 violent and 18.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Wisconsin reports 3.6 and 14.9; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Fond du Lac in 2025?
Fond du Lac’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 2.3 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Fond du Lac safer than North Fond du Lac?
North Fond du Lac reports less crime per resident than Fond du Lac: North Fond du Lac grades B for safety and Fond du Lac C−. North Fond du Lac’s police reported 2.7 violent and 5.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Fond du Lac?
Fond du Lac’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Fond du Lac”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.